The Wednesday Play

5.2(5)|1964-09-30|9 seasons, 205 episodes

Drama

Overview

An anthology series of television plays which aired on BBC1 from October 1964 to May 1970. The plays were usually written for television, although adaptations from other sources also featured.

Episodes

Season 1(34)Season 2(37)Season 3(31)Season 4(25)Season 5(27)Season 6(34)Season 7(1)Season 8(16)Season 9(2)

S8E1 · 1968-08-21

Mrs. Lawrence Will Look After It

When an elderly woman is hospitalised, the truth behind her illegal adoption of 14 children is revealed.

S8E2 · 1968-08-28

Spoiled

A schoolmaster invites a nineteen-year-old student to stay with him and his wife to cram for imminent exams.

S8E3 · 1968-09-04

The Gorge

A teenage boy reluctantly accompanies his ghastly family on a coarse bank-holiday day out to local beauty spot and tourist trap, the Cheddar Gorge.

S8E4 · 1968-09-11

A Night with Mrs. Da Tanka

A lonely bachelor, seeking his long-lost sweetheart at a boarding house, meets a serial divorcée.

S8E5 · 1968-09-18

Charlie

James has come in search of his feckless older brother, Charlie, to ask him to come home and settle down.

S8E6 · 1968-09-25

Anyone for Tennis?

Garry committed suicide to escape disgrace and imprisonment. Does he now have the chance to change the circumstances leading to his downfall?

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